The Department reserves the right to determine the size and
kind of service line from the main to the curb stop, and from the
curb stop or meter pit to the property to be serviced. The curb stop
and meter box shall be placed inside the curbline. For services larger
than two inches in diameter, ductile-cement-lined pipe meeting AWWA
Standards for Class 52 water pipe shall be used. The pipe from the
curb stop and meter pit to the property shall be laid in a straight
line at right angles to the curbline, within the building limits of
the structure to be served, and shall have a minimum depth of 42 inches
and a maximum depth of 48 inches when final grading of the property
has been completed.
No service pipe shall be laid in the same trench with gas pipe,
drain sewer pipe, or any other facility of any public service company,
nor within three feet of any open excavation, vault, cesspool or septic
tank; nor shall the location be in conflict with any sidewalk or driveway.
All services shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Department
of Environmental Protection dated June 1994, or the latest revision.
All connections, service lines and fixtures furnished by the
applicant shall be maintained by the customer in good order, and all
valves, meters and appliances furnished and owned by the Department,
and on the property of the customer, shall be protected properly and
cared for by the customer. All leaks in the service and any other
pipe and any fixture in or upon the premises must be immediately repaired
by the owner or occupant of the premises. The customer shall be responsible
for notifying the Department of the party engaged by said customer
to do any maintenance work on the customer's service line, prior to
work being commenced, and said party shall not backfill any trench
until the work has been inspected and approved by the Department's
representative. Any work not acceptable shall be immediately removed
and replaced by work that is acceptable.
The Department shall in no event be responsible for maintaining
any portion of the service line owned by the customer, or for damage
done by water escaping therefrom: or from lines or fixtures on the
customer's property; and the customers shall at all times comply with
applicable regulations with respect thereto, and make changes therein,
required by reason of change or grade, relocation of mains or otherwise.
A service line from the curb stop, a meter pit, to a property
shall not supply more than one property, as generally described and
classified below; but any such property, upon proper application of
the owner, may be supplied by two or more meters, each of which, for
billing purposes, shall be considered as being one customer account,
and provided that the supply to each such meter has an individual
control at or near the curb, viz:
A. A dwelling house; either detached, or one side of a double house,
or a house in a row of houses; provided that a garage, a conservatory
and similar structures accessory to the life of one family shall be
considered as a portion of the dwelling.
B. An industrial or commercial or manufacturing establishment.
C. A building separated from adjacent buildings by a party wall or party
walls and comprising apartments or store or offices or any combination
thereof.
D. A detached building comprising apartments or stores or offices or
any combination thereof.
Where two or more customers are supplied through a single service
line as of July 1994, said service shall be permitted to continue
in operation, but may not be expanded.